Exploring the Worldwide Patent Surge
Economic Research Working Paper No. 12
المؤلف (المؤلفون): Carsten Fink
المؤلف (المؤلفون): Mosahid Khan
المؤلف (المؤلفون): Hao Zhou
سنة النشر: 2013
DOI: English
This paper provides an analysis of global patenting trends using the most comprehensive data currently available. Among other things, it finds that subsequent patent filings – additional filings of the same invention, mostly in additional countries – contributed considerably to the growth in filings worldwide, pointing to globalization as one important driver of filing growth. However, no single factor can fully explain the marked increase in the use of the patent system.